2020 Raoul Gautherin Chablis "Vieilles Vignes", Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE The Chablis Vieilles Vignes comes from the Domaines older vineyard parcels that have a minimum vine age of at least 35 years. The wine is aged in used oak barrels for 12 months, and then another 6 8 months is stainless steel prior to bottling. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER In the late 1950s, Raoul Gautherin founded his Domaine as we know it today, making wine from his familys vineyards, which date back to 1585. Raoul's son and grandson, Alain

just after Phylloxera arrived in Greece

this Matarromera wine is bottled

From a plot of raw land

with an emphasis on the schist areas from the Brune up towards Verenay

Other vineyards include the Winkeler Jesuitgarten

and whenever he saw a likely-looking site for sale

who established the estate in 1852 in the world-renowned Rioja region of Spain

Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini owns Borgo Scopeto

The parcels are leveled into espaliers to enable even tilling and planting

Unlike most of Montlouis

Preuses is one of the 7 climats located within Chablis Grand Cru and is loated on the right side of the Serein River

5 hectares in the upper portion of the "Poruzots" vineyard